The People’s Revival

American. Working Class. Pentecostal.

  • What is the real error?

    There has been for a number of years a great deal of talk about the subject of revival in the church. Go to your local Christian book store and peruse the aisles and you will find any number of books dealing with the subject. You can read about the ‘seven golden steps’ to revival, why… Continue reading

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  • Not of this World

    In the beginning of my ministry I really didn’t know how I was supposed to dress or act in order to be a Christian. I really did not know any better and so I looked around at the church that I was involved in and just tried to dress like they did. Pathetic, I know,… Continue reading

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  • Pentecost in the Backwoods

    Shocking, exuberant, exalted, the camp meeting answered the pioneers demand for religion and helped shape the character of the West By BERNARD A. WEISBERGER The Great Revival in the West, or the Kentucky Revival of 1800, as it was sometimes called, was a landmark in American history. It was not some accidental outburst of religious… Continue reading

  • The Tone of Victory

    I have uploaded a new sermon called The Tone of Victory. You can get it either at that link or by going to the audio sermons section. It is not a typical repentance sermon, in fact, it is not a repentance sermon at all. We have learned over the last 16 years how to stand… Continue reading

  • This may sting a little…

    I have put up two new sermons online. “The Pearl” deals with why it is many of us feel out of place in the church and what the truth is that has caused men to give up everything and die for the cause of Christ. He is worth everything to you if you have ever… Continue reading

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  • The Cave

    Let me preface this with a free translation of Plato’s Cave allegory. Imagine there is a large cave. The descent into this cave is down a long steep passage. The descent is such that no outside light or sound can reach the interior of the cave. Now imagine there are people imprisoned within the cave.… Continue reading

  • All things beautiful…

    All of this began in the spring of 1991 in New Mexico. At the time I had been doing street ministry full time for just a few months and honestly didn’t know a thing about how things worked. I had been praying for direction because what I was doing wasn’t really working. I was walking… Continue reading